NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 03-2009

Beats Roloson in overtime to send Oilers to 3rd straight loss

When Matthew Jones decided to donate a kidney to a stranger, the Michigan father of five had no idea he'd be starting a lifesaving, "pay it forward

UNITED NATIONS -- Nobel laureates and celebrities have joined Archbishop Desmond Tutu in urging China to stop "verbally abusing" Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a human rights website said.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay launched a cross-country tour Friday to award infrastructure contracts on military bases in an effort to show the Harper government is helping put Canadians back to work during the recession.

BURLINGTON, Vt. - A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations.

LONDON - An academic says he's found evidence that Britain's legendary outlaw Robin Hood wasn't as popular as folklore suggests.

BRISBANE, Australia - Ten times more oil than originally thought leaked from a ship to blacken miles of white sand beaches along Australia's northeast coast, a government official said Saturday

MOSCOW -- A Russian Air Force chief said Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a temporary base for strategic Russian bombers, the Interfax news agency reported.

Transport Canada is proposing to require the installation of a $450 electronic system that helps drivers keep control of cars and trucks in situations such as skids.

RCMP name 10 of 17 killed in crash off Newfoundland's east coast

From the ramshackle, plywood deck on Brad Goodyear's rural Vancouver Island home, most people see piles of trash, a mattress, abandoned appliances and heaps of salmon fishing nets. Mortgage lenders, however, have looked at the same property and, until

Canada's lead agency on polar research needs to start fresh with a new mandate, more funding and more staff, says an independent Arctic expert.

The Vancouver Canucks withstood a Los Angeles rally in the third period and held on to defeat the Kings 4-2 at GM Place on Friday

A school bus bringing dozens of students home for the beginning of spring break on Friday afternoon slammed to the ground after its back wheels fell off.

A London, Ont., man who pleaded guilty to the murder of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared almost 40 years ago was found dead in his cell.

Changes to a 130-year-old law included in the federal budget could have a negative impact on how Canadians can navigate through the nation's rivers and streams in the future, critics charge.

A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.

FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. -- In the blue-green surf, 11 endangered North Atlantic right whales surface, jump and shoot mist high into the air through their blow holes.

ROME -- An archeological dig near Venice has unearthed the 16th-century remains of a woman with a brick stuck between her jaws -- evidence, experts say, that she was believed to be a vampire.

A vehicle tax up to $100 is one of several options TransLink is considering to raise more money to pay for Metro Vancouver's roads, bridges and public transit system.

The Chinese man who pleaded guilty to killing a B.C. model was sentenced to death in a Shanghai courtroom on Thursday

The Vancouver Canucks may look back at this week as the one that cost them any chance at the Northwest Division title, but the task at hand is avenging a loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

The search ended Friday evening for 16 people who had been aboard a helicopter that crashed and sank in frigid waters east of Newfoundland, with grim-faced officials saying there was no chance the passengers were still alive.

Four people died Thursday after two semi-trailer trucks were involved in a head-on collision on the Trans-Canada Hwy. east of Chilliwack, B.C.

BRUSSELS - U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden urged NATO members to jointly confront al-Qaida and other extremist groups in Afghanistan where he said instability threatens all of the alliance's members equally.

Hours after a helicopter carrying offshore oil workers crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southeast of St. John's, N.L., officials have still not received any locator signals from the beacons attached to survivor suits the people aboard were wearing.

History was made this month on Patrol Class Training vessel Renard when a Sea King helicopter carefully lowered a mail bag on to the quarter deck during Exercise SILVER, the second phase of Olympic security training held in Vancouver recently.

WASHINGTON -- The crew of the International Space Station had a close call with space junk Thursday, NASA officials said.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - One of Canada's leased spy drones has had its wings clipped in a tarmac mishap at Kandahar Airfield - an incident that has raised questions about the murky world of accountability when private corporations that are invited on to th

The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at former U.S. president George W. Bush has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign leader

NATO's chief is stressing the need for sufficient troops in Afghanistan to help build a civil society and ensure stability ahead of that country's elections in August, according to Reuters

Preliminary results from scientific mapping of the Arctic seabed indicate that the North Pole likely falls within Denmark's boundaries, a Canadian scientist says.

An Irving-owned company has been awarded a contract to build an offshore supply vessel at the Halifax Shipyard, promising work for more than 200 people at its peak.

Liberal senators have agreed to pass the federal budget within hours to give Canadians faster access to extended employment insurance benefits, party leader Michael Ignatieff said Thursday afternoon.

A jihadist today became the first man to be sentenced under Canada's post-9/11 laws as a judge meted out a 10 1/2-year sentence against Mohammad Momin Khawaja.

Love it or hate it, Vancouver's annual summer fireworks festival has been saved once again, thanks to three new sponsors.

Allen Ayer says he feels lucky to be alive after a scary trampling by a moose over the weekend left the Prince George, B.C., man bruised but without major injuries.

Scott Niedermayer scored 3:37 into overtime to vault the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks at the Honda Center on Wednesday.

Chrysler LLC says it may no longer be able to operate in Canada unless Ottawa loans the company billions of dollars and workers agree to massive wage cuts.

Tim Hortons lovers across Canada are rolling up rims of coffee cups and, although millions dream of seeing a shiny new car reveal itself under the lid, documents show that's not likely to happen especially if they live in Ontario. Debra Deveau, a Tim H

Tariq Aziz, for many years the public face of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, has been jailed for 15 years for his role in the execution of 42 merchants.

In recognition of the Canadian Centennial of Flight on February 23, 2009, every Canadian Forces air crew member that flew on the historic date will have their names listed on a commemorative scroll which will eventually find a permanent home in an Air For

In the early hours of a July day in 1918, one of history's most infamous murders was perpetrated on parents, their five children and their loyal servants in a cellar in the city of Yekaterinburg, central Russia.

Scientists fear melting sea ice could one day make killer whales the Hudson Bay's top predator, a startling ecosystem shift and a blow for Inuit populations already reeling from dwindling polar bear numbers.

PANJWAII DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Three years of fighting in the dust-choked lanes and tangled grape fields of Panjwaii district have taught Canadian soldiers some hard, bloody lessons.

WASHINGTON -- A famous early ancestor of humans was able to thrive in glacial weather that would send icy shivers up the spines of most modern people, new research shows.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea vowed "every necessary measure" Wednesday to defend itself against what it calls U.S. threats and accused U.S. President Barack Obama's administration of meddling in the country's internal affairs.

WINNENDEN, Germany - A 17-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at his former high school in southwestern Germany on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people before police shot him to death, state officials said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday his country will return to the highest level of military command at NATO after a 43-year absence, a decision that has sparked fierce domestic debate.

Two people have been killed in an East Vancouver apartment, and police confirmed Tuesday they are investigating whether the slayings are drug-related.

Some members of the Chinese community are upset that Vancouver residents may soon be able to build chicken coops in residential backyards

The Vancouver Canucks will get a second chance in Southern California to make up ground in their division on Wednesday night.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - Bullet holes in the window draw eyes upward to an apartment where two people lay dead - victims of Metro Vancouver's latest shooting

Bombardier Aerospace says it has reached a deal with Deutsch Lufthansa AG worth at least $1.92 billion for the Montreal-based company's new regional jet.

The Canadian Armed Forces are set to amalgamate some of the current 140 regiments into a smaller number of bigger units

A rescue operation is underway to save dozens of starving horses struggling in deep snow on a reserve in the central Interior of B.C.

Contractors' selling prices for new homes decreased 0.6 per cent between December and January, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.

"Money was funnelled into the riding to open two campaign offices," he wrote. "Staff was hired to run these offices. I know, from a personal contact, that requests were made of the Guelph team to turn their focus from (get out the vote) efforts in Guelph

Until now, scientists and politicians have maintained that if a rise in the global temperature can be limited to two degrees by 2100, dangerous climate change can be avoided.

The Prince of Wales has delivered a fierce attack on those who doubt climate change and said it must be tackled before world poverty.

Residents of an Okanagan community are wondering if a potential kidnapper was on the prowl for victims in their community on Monday night.

TOKYO - Two cargo ships collided off the coast of a central Japanese island Tuesday, leaving 16 South Korean and Indonesian crew members missing, Japan's coast guard said.

BELFAST - Gunmen killed an officer in an attack on a Northern Ireland police patrol Monday, authorities said, two days after Irish Republican Army dissidents shot to death two British soldiers. The shootings fanned fears of a return to retaliatory violenc

The killers responsible for the shooting deaths of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland will be found and brought to justice, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed on Monday.

Canada's policies are in line with those of U.S. President Barack Obama when it comes to talking to the Taliban, the federal government said Monday

China has launched a "brutal crackdown" in Tibet since protests shook the Himalayan region last year, the Dalai Lama said Tuesday in transcripts of a speech to mark the 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that sent him into exile.

Jarret Stoll scored a pair of power-play goals, including the winner, as the Los Angeles Kings edged the visiting Vancouver Canucks 3-2 at the Staples Center on Monday night.

The prime minister will be in Brampton, Ont. on Tuesday to deliver his first major speech of 2009 on the state of the economy.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea put its armed forces on standby for war Monday and threatened retaliation against anyone seeking to stop the regime from launching a satellite into space in the latest barrage of threats from the communist regime.

OTTAWA -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay says NATO should consider all candidates regardless of their nationality for a job he's rumoured to be in the running for: secretary general of the military alliance.

The Vancouver Canucks will try for their fifth consecutive win on Monday night as they reacquaint themselves with the Los Angeles Kings.

The provincial government has agreed to spend $2.7 million to fund Vancouver's emergency overnight shelter program for another three more months.

VANCOUVER, B.C. - As Corene MacMillan drove into work Monday in the darkness of early morning, she was blocked by flashing lights and police tape at the scene of Vancouver's latest shooting.

OTTAWA - The military may need a one-year break from operations in July 2011, when the Afghanistan mission winds down, says the head of Canada's army.

A man is in hospital after being discovered shot outside an East Vancouver restaurant Monday morning, police say.

A male chimpanzee in a Swedish zoo planned hundreds of stone-throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to researchers.

Canada will fail as a nation if it does not take steps now to develop a 30-year plan on the future of Alberta's sustainable oil sands development, say experts who also say the billion-dollar industry based in northern Alberta is a national unity issue.

Only four of Canada's 10 provinces will record economic growth this year, while a steep slowdown in the United States will hamper overall expansion, the Conference Board of Canada said in its winter economic forecast on Thursday.

The Canadian Auto Workers union on Sunday announced a tentative deal with General Motors on Sunday, as part of the company's North American restructuring.

The battered U.S. economy continued to bleed jobs at a rapid rate in February, as employers cut 651,000 workers from their payrolls, the U.S. Department of Labour reported Friday.

The Kepler telescope was launched into space Friday night from Cape Canaveral, on its way to search for other Earth-like planets.

The Prince of Wales is preparing to tell the world we have "less than 100 months to act" before the damage caused by global warming becomes irreversible.

With 66 days left to election day, NDP leader Carole James issued a rallying call yesterday to "take back B.C."

AMRITAPURI, India - The droves who come here leave with no souvenirs, no memories of posh hotels, nothing more than they brought.

OTTAWA - News alert to clients of juvenile prostitutes: She's not enjoying it. You likely disgust her. She'll mock you to her pimp -- her "real" boyfriend -- call you a geezer and a pervert.

GATINEAU, QUE. - A Gatineau man who was the guest of honour at his own birthday party Friday night was behind bars hours later as a murder suspect.

TORONTO - When Daniel Sebben could finally take the bullying no more, he began running a sharp knife along his wrists.

The RCMP says that two skiers who died in an avalanche at a B.C. resort were skiing in a permanently closed area.

Northerners weigh more and exercise less than their southern cousins, and new research suggests the growing gap between the regions could be setting up the Arctic for higher rates of chronic disease from strokes to diabetes.

HALIFAX, N.S. - The Canadian Forces needs to step up its supervision of training facilities and family centres on bases across the country, according to a military police investigation that found a disproportionate number of sexual assault cases involved

A Canadian soldier died Sunday and four others were seriously injured when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Shah Wali Kot District, north of Kandahar City.

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Mexico's rampant drug violence has put the issue of safety front and center for would-be vacationers, and put the country's publicity-sensitive tourism promoters on the defensive.

Business owners, law enforcement officers, journalists and other professionals are among those seeking asylum in the U.S. -- even when it means sitting in jail.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland - Two British soldiers were shot dead and four other people were wounded in a drive-by ambush Saturday night that politicians blamed on Irish Republican Army dissidents.

VANCOUVER - Mats Sundin's first goal in 11 games stood up as the winner Saturday as the streaking Vancouver Canucks defeated San Jose 3-1 to end a seven-game NHL losing streak against the injury-depleted Sharks.

The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is warning drivers to be extra careful as they return to work after the clocks move forward by one hour this weekend.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. is not winning the war in Afghanistan and he's willing to open the door to negotiating with some moderate Taliban leaders.

GENEVA -- Russia's foreign minister called Saturday for an end to a decade of failure in global disarmament talks, seeking to build on an upbeat meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

EDMONTON -- Alberta's bragging rights as Canada's economic engine are fading and Premier Ed Stelmach says people seem to be a little grumpy about it.

An arsonist who started a California wildfire that killed a firefighting crew in 2006 was convicted Friday of five counts of first-degree murder.